Logo

When it comes to fluoridating drinking water, Ontario and Quebec couldn't be further apart. Ontario has the country's highest rate of adding the tooth-enamel-strengthening chemical into municipal supplies, while Quebec has one of the lowest, with practically no one drinking fluoridated water.

But surprisingly, the two provinces have very little difference in tooth-decay rates, a finding that is likely to intensify the ongoing controversy over the practice of adding fluoride to water as a public health measure.

Quebeckers have more cavities than people in Ontario, but the difference is slight. Among children 6 to 19, considered the most decay-prone part of the population, the rate in Ontario was lower by less than half a cavity per child.

In the 6-11 age group, Ontario kids have 3.5 per cent fewer cavities than those in Quebec: 1.7 cavities compared to 1.76 in Quebec.

In the 12-19 age group, Ontario youths have 15.8 per cent fewer cavities than those in Quebec: 2.35 cavities compared to 2.79.



Details of the cavity rates in the two provinces have been compiled by Statistics Canada in a study it conducted recently into the health status of Canadians. Experts peered into the mouths of more than 5,000 Canadians from 2007 to 2009, tallying the number of cavities and teeth with filings, to try to get an idea of the state of oral health of the nation.

After a request from The Globe and Mail for a breakdown of the cavity rates by province, Statistics Canada tabulated the figures for Ontario and Quebec, where it said it had a sufficient number of people to be a representative sample.

Statscan said it couldn't compile meaningful data for British Columbia and Alberta, which are in a similar situation. British Columbia has practically no one drinking fluoridated water, while nearly three-quarters of Albertans rely on municipal supplies where the chemical is added.

The paper sought the information to see what light it would shed on the effectiveness of fluoridation, which has been touted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the top 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, and is endorsed by all dental associations in the country and by Health Canada.

But the results showed that if fluoridation is the only major difference between the two provinces, the chemical is preventing fewer than half a cavity per child in Ontario.

Health Canada down played the significance of the findings.

“While accurate,” the data on the children are “an incomplete picture of the tooth decay situation.... [and] cannot be used to form conclusions regarding the efficacy of fluoride use in water,” Health Canada said.

The federal department said firm conclusions can't be drawn from the Statscan survey because it didn't collect assessments on individual intakes of the chemical. To make a proper assessment, Health Canada said it would need detailed information on whether people in the two provinces differ in their intake fluoride supplements, drink tap water or bottled water, and use fluoridated toothpaste.

But fluoridation is one major and obvious difference between the provinces. More than three-quarters of Ontario residents live in areas where municipal water supplies contain the chemical. In Quebec, 94 per cent have water free of the additive, according to figures published by Health Canada in 2007.

Since then, Quebec City has voted to stop fluoridating, indicating that the difference between the two provinces is currently even more pronounced.

Some critics of fluoridation say the survey does raise questions about the practice.

“Fluoridation is no longer effective,” contends Hardy Limeback, head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto, who says adding the chemical to water is “more harmful than beneficial.”

Although fluoridation is touted as an unalloyed benefit by public health agencies, which estimate it cuts cavity rates by 20 per cent to 40 per cent, many community groups have sprung up across Canada lobbying to stop the practice, which is subject to repeal by local referendums. Some health professionals are worried fluoridation may have under-appreciated risks.

While fluoride toughens the outside of teeth to make them more resistant to bacteria-causing decay, a number of medical journal studies have linked exposure to altered thyroid function, and to reduced IQ levels in children, although the intellectual impairments were found at levels of the chemical in water well above those used for municipal supplies.

The most worrisome study, by Harvard researchers, appeared in 2006 in the journal Cancer Causes and Control and found that boys aged 7 exposed to high levels of fluoridated water were about four times more likely to develop childhood osteosarcoma. It's a rare bone cancer that felled Canadian icon Terry Fox and almost always leads to amputations.

There has also been a worldwide reduction in cavity rates, regardless of whether countries use the chemical, suggesting factors other than adding it to water supplies are at work.

One theory is that most people are already getting adequate exposure to fluoride through toothpastes, so the amounts in water aren't making much difference in tooth decay rates.

“The parallel reduction in caries [cavities] incidents in countries with a lot of fluoridation and countries with not much fluoridation is quite dramatic,” says Warren Bell, former head of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, a group that questions the practice.

Dr. Limeback said factors that might be preventing caries include increased exposure to vitamin D, better oral hygiene, less sugar consumption, and even antibiotics.

When fluoridation started 60 years ago, doctors thought swallowing the chemical was beneficial by strengthening teeth from the inside out. Dr. Limeback said more recent research shows that if there is a benefit, it is from the topical application of fluoride to the surface of teeth, which suggests that brushing with a toothpaste is more effective than drinking water containing the chemical.

Source:
theglobeandmail.com

In a time that governments and corporations around the world are showing there true intentions for the future of the Internet, A time that Bill's are passing through the Canadian and American senate that go directly against our rights.

What are people talking about? Here are two of the biggest news stories going right now.

The ground zero "mosque".
The so called ground zero "Mosque" is drawing in more and more attention. But why?
This will be a future "Mosque" that:
1: Is not even visible from ground zero
2: There are many Cristian and Catholic churches closer to ground zero then where the "Mosque" will be.
3: The Mosque is already there. This is an expansion that will include a rec center.
4: The property was purchased legally

So what real impact will this have on our lives? None.



The possible attack on Iran.
America and Israel have been pushing the possibility of a strike on the nuclear power plant in Iran. But here is the truth about that:


I personally do not think that there will be an attack on Iran in the near future.
So what impact will the Iranians having nuclear power have on our lives? None.


Now lets have a look at some stories that will effect our lives.

The facial recognition software that will put a name to every photograph in the Internet.

"A software company is developing revolutionary software which provides the ability to identify people from photographs posted on the Internet.

Face.com has produced technology that can identify individuals on social networking sites and online galleries by comparing their image against a known picture of them.

It means detailed profiles of individuals can be built up purely from online photographs"
dailymail

Bill C-36 the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
(An Open Letter to the Canadian Minister of Health, Bill C-36)

"Once again Minister you are causing me sleepless nights with your re-introduction of this falsely named “Canada Consumer Product Safety Act” - Bill C-36. The Hazardous Products and Criminal Code Acts are concerned with safety of the consumer. This Bill C-36 is promoting the loss of Canadian sovereignty and will lead to loss of the rights and freedoms of the Canadian People and remove the fundamentals of the rule of law in this country. The Minister of Justice refuses to see this which in my mind amounts to treason."
Canadian Action Party

Senate Bill S510

"S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It is to our food what the bailout was to our economy, only we can live without money.

“If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public’s right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God.” ~Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistleblower

It is similar to what India faced with imposition of the salt tax during British rule, only S 510 extends control over all food in the US, violating the fundamental human right to food."
theworldsprophecy.com

Those are only a few examples.

So while we are being monitored and tracked on the Internet, having the removal of the Rule of Law, and having our last organic food sources stripped away. A ground zero mosque is what the people are talking about?


Here is my take on why that is.
We are seeing a very large divide and conquer program being rolled out. And one of the oldest tools for this is being used. Religion. I have seen countless people who I had believed to be "awake" to these kind of programs falling into the propaganda.
I have seen comments from them like, "I am not being racist towards Muslims, I am just not going to be quiet anymore (in regards to the ground zero mosque)".

This seems to get worse everyday that passes. Here is a perfect example.


If the media ran with the stories that would unite us (like Bill C-36, S510, or the big brother actions online and offline), this would cause huge problems for the globalists.

We need to get out there and remind the people of this as much as we can!

Stephen Harper continues to say we are watching, and the global (never a word about the Canadian) economy is fragile. And that they are working very hard. But Mr. Harper and his cabinet never elaborate on what they are working on.

In the month of June our trade deficit widened to 1.1 billion, and Canada's merchandise exports fell 2.5 per cent. Then in July we lost 139,000 full time jobs.

In these same two months our government has spent 1.2 billion on the G20/G8 summits, announced the spending of 16 billion on 65 new fighter jets, and an estimated 9 billion on new jails.

The G20/G8 Summits did not help anything with our economy. The new fighter jets are being purchased in a time that Canadian soldiers are exiting from Afghanistan, and our country has no creditable threat from any nation or groups.

The plan for the new prisons is the biggest fiasco. Crime rates in Canada are down, but according to Stockwell Day, the new jails are for the unreported crimes...

In just those three examples, we are spending nearly 30 billion dollars on unnecessary and unjustified things, while our economy just keeps slipping further and further into the abyss.

We cannot forget the Canada Economic Action Plan though. I am going to use Brantford for an example on this.
In Brantford nearly 25% of our economy and jobs are in the manufacturing industry.
Source

In the last few years our manufacturing base has lost a large number of jobs with the closures of factories like Patriot Forge, Dekka, and ITML just to name a few.

So what has been done by the action plan to help this. Well some of the projects include. Renovations to city housing, road repairs, Renovations to recreational facilities, and a new commercial hanger for the small airport that we have.

Can you make any sense of this?

I can. Our economy is going the way of every other nation that gets it's money supply from private banks. The Canadian Economic Action Plan is nothing more then a sad attempt to make it look like something is being done to fix the problem. When in reality it is only prolonging the inevitable, if not making it worse.

Our government is spending money on new military hardware, and on new prisons because they know this. They are expecting for things to get bad. Couple this with the national disasters in China and India right now, that could potentially cause major food shortages and this could be coming very soon.

There is no fix in sight other then abolishing the privately run money and credit system that we are under, but most of the people have become way to trained to accomplish this.

Think about it. Why would a government spend that kind of money on military hardware, and jails if they did not feel that they are going to be needed in the near future?

canadafreepress.com
By News on the Net: Lesley Spence Sunday, July 25, 2010
Dear Helena Guergis;
I’m writing about the proposed Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.

Recent news articles and reports that I’ve seen indicate this deal would offer few if any benefits to Canada. European companies would be the winners; at costs Canadians cannot afford.
Nothing that I’ve heard from government or business advocates has convinced me that this deal with Europe makes sense. Neither group have very much to say about where the real benefits are for Canadians. They merely say that free trade is good and everyone who disagrees is wrong. That is neither sound trade policy nor sound economic policy.
This week, the Toronto Star reported on a new legal opinion about CETA. The EU has insisted that drinking water services be included, opening the door for European multinationals to “stake” a claim in Canada’s municipal water systems. “The most serious threat to public ownership and control of water arises from the risk of private entities being able to establish a proprietary claim to the water itself,” the report says.

That legal opinion also says European negotiators are hoping to make it impossible for Canadian cities to buy or hire locally under any circumstance, even when doing so offers more economic or social benefits than picking the lowest cost bidder.
There are a lot of groups questioning this agreement, including farmers, workers, environmentalists, citizens groups and civic-minded think tanks like the Columbia Institute, which released the report on cities by Mr. Shrybman. We need open and honest debate on Canada’s trade policy before we are stuck with a new European deal that doesn’t make sense.
I encourage you to read through Mr. Shrybman’s legal opinion on CETA, which recommends that the federal government:

1. undertake and publish a thorough, timely and objective assessment of both the costs and benefits for municipalities of the CETA agenda;
2. provide an explanation of which sectors are most likely to be the principal beneficiaries of CETA, and how the purported benefits of this trade deal are to be distributed;
3. engage in effective consultations with municipalities following these analyses and before negotiations are pursued further; and
4. allow sufficient time for municipalities to solicit public comment from those potentially affected by present proposals.

These recommendations seem reasonable; I ask that you take them on as my federal representative.

Why are Canadian negotiators even considering sacrificing the freedom to source locally in this trade agreement with Europe? For example, why is the federal government thinking of giving away the ability of the municipalities to spend public money in ways that benefit the local community and promote sustainable development?

What benefit could there possibly be in doing such a thing? How will cities, provinces, workers, water and the environment be impacted across Canada by this European agreement? We need answers to these questions and the time to debate those answers as a country, before anything is signed.

Sincerely,

Lesley Spence
Elmvale ON

As the main stream news covered the protests over the weekend. More specifically the Black Bloq vandalism, which has been almost totally proven to be led by agent provocateurs.

The protesters and truth seekers in Canada have had there attention diverted away from the real story. Which is the treasonous actions of Stephen Harper.

Mr. Harper has followed in the foot steps of Paul Martin and continued to sell our sovereignty down the river.

Here is a video clip of Mr. Harper at the G20 closing news conference.



Did you hear that? We do not have a Canadian economy, we have a global economy and it is a simple reality that we are loosing our national sovereignty.

Does that sound like a true leader for our country? Do you think that Mr. Harper would have been elected if that was said on the campaign trail?

The answer to both of those questions is NO. So why are we all just sitting back and allowing this? We need to call for the resignation of Stephen Harper, if not have him tried for treason!

When we arrived in Toronto at 10:30am, things were somber. About 10 police at every corner, but not many people in the streets.

We saw a few people being harrased by gangs of police.
In this picture it shows about 9 police officers circled around 1 man.


Things quickly changed around 2 pm. When the "official" march began. In the march were many groups and organizations, such as a local union, oaxfoam, Greenpeace, the communist party of Canada, Anti globalization groups, maternal rights groups all along with protesters not affiliated with any groups.

I really did not expect to see Greenpeace protesting for a carbon tax, or for the maternal rights group to be protesting without being fully informed on the topic.
The proposed maternal rights plan brought forth by Stephen Harper, calls for Canada to give 5 Billion dollars in aid. Other contributors are people like Bill Gates (who has pledged 2.5 Billion). Gates as many of us know is an admitted Eugenius, with a goal of world depopulation.

The protests did remain fairly peaceful until about 3pm. The police then started to make attempts at boxing the people in. In this process I personally witnessed police officers attacking a woman, for not moving quick enough. Thankfully most of the people in the protest were aware of what was happening, and were able to get out of the boxed in zones. This is when we saw the black block appear. We saw a group of them run by us.

The next thing we knew there were windows smashed, and a police car burning. As if nothing had happened the police still continued to try to box the protesters in. They must have made at least 5 attempt at this within a hour. With the protesters recognizing it every time.

Around 5pm things started to cool down a little bit, so we took a break and met up with our team. Shortly after That we found out that police were randomly arresting peaceful protesters on Bay St. and King St. Then the police started to attack protesters at Queens park (These were peaceful protesters that were attacked).

After Queens park we decided to call it a day, and head home. On our way to the car we went down Young St. This is when I saw the craziest part of the day!

People were shopping and walking around as if nothing was happening. Only 2 or 3 blocks away riot police were attacking protesters, and several blocks the other way riot police were facing off with protesters. This is a great sign of the kind of trouble we are facing. People can be 2 blocks away from a total police state, and pretend like it is not there.

kinda like that saying. Hear no evil, see no evil. As long as there were buildings blocking the view of what was happening they were ok. To scared to recognize what was happening.

Thankfully we had the megaphone with us. Chance used the megaphone all the way to the car. Telling the people boarding up windows that Stephen Harper would pay for that, and to send him the bill. Along with things like your city is becoming a police state but don't worry about that. Please just keep shopping.

Overall that was an insane event, and many videos will be coming soon.

On the day before the g20 officially kicks off, the police really made there presence known. Charlie Veitch from the love police has been detained for not showing his Id. Luke Rudkowski from We Are Change New York was also denied entry into Canada.

A man was also arrested in Toronto for having a car load of weapons. Which included some gasoline, an axe, and a cross bow. None of these items are illegal, and sound like items that some one going camping or has recently gone camping would have.

Another report was that a "weapons cache" was found. This "cache" consisted of a few broken peices of cinder block in some bushes.

If this is the way that security is going to be handling this event. We are in for a very long weekend!

June 23 2010

At 1:41pm a earthquake hit the Ontario-Quebec boreder area. The quake measured at 5.5 in Magnitude.

I myslef felt it in Brantford (southern Ontario), and I have spoke with people in Toronto, Hamilton, Simcoe, and in some of the northen states who also felt the quake.

There have been no reports of any damage, injuries, or fatalities as of yet.

Here is some of the info on the earthquake:


Magnitude 5.5
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 17:41:41 UTC
* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 01:41:41 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 45.866°N, 75.457°W
Depth 15.7 km (9.8 miles) set by location program
Region ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
Distances

* 39 km (24 miles) N (356°) from Cumberland, Ontario, Canada
* 45 km (28 miles) NNE (21°) from Gatineau, Qubbec, Canada
* 52 km (32 miles) NNE (26°) from Hull, Qubbec, Canada
* 53 km (33 miles) NNE (21°) from OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 2.3 km (1.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=283, Nph=283, Dmin=149 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

As more data and info comes in, We will be posting all new info.

I do not like to jump the gun on the possibilities of a false flag terrorist attack. But when I saw this report, something just did not seem right.

Just before the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games, there were reports of large amounts of ammonium nitrate fertilizer "missing". This was covered heavily on the Internet and even on a few MSM news stations. Thankfully nothing happened.

Now only weeks before the G8 in Huntsville and the G20 in Toronto, CTV news is reporting that a mysterious man purchased a large amount of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the Niagara area late last month, and that Several law enforcement agencies are investigating the case.
CTV news

I see there only being to scenarios.
First one is that the RCMP likes to use the excuse of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, to have the people accept the draconian levels of security at an event (in this case the G8/G20).
Or That these are attempts at a false flag event in Canada. The first one abandoned due to the attention the story recieved.

I would personally prefer neither of these, but I sincerely hope it is the first scenario.

Updates to this story will be coming soon.

I randomly came across a great movie called Oh Canada. This is a great film about the financial system in Canada. Produced in 2008, people like former prime minister Paul Martin and many other government officials are interviewed.

Paul Martin even gets confronted on attending the bilderberg group meetings. Please support the film makers here: ohcanadamovie.com

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6


Part 7


Part 8


Part 9


Part 10


Part 11


Part 12

OTTAWA - The City of Toronto has asked the federal government to relocate this summer's G20 summit to prevent Canada's biggest city from being "severely impacted" by the event, according to a Toronto councillor.

In a letter to his constituents this week, Councillor Adam Vaughn warns that the summit could cause "serious disruptions" to the city's downtown core.

"Summits such as this in Quebec City and Seattle have presented serious challenges to host cities. Anti-terrorism precautions, crowd control and the reality that these meetings usually draw large numbers of protesters, will mean that much of the ward will be severely impacted by security initiatives," writes Mr. Vaughn, who represents Ward 20 in Toronto, where the summit is expected to be held.

"I have received a ‘classified' briefing so far. There will be serious disruptions. The security perimeter will be much larger than the area affected by the recent NFL games, and the protests are expected to be larger than last spring's Tamil demonstrations."

Canada was originally supposed to host a meeting this summer of the G8 leaders in the cottage-country town of Huntsville, Ont., north of Toronto. But the federal government decided to expand the summit to include the G20 countries after it became clear that organization had become the dominant forum for dealing with the financial crisis and other economic issues.

The G20 summit will be held on June 26-27, and is expected to take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, a stone's throw from the CN Tower. The G8 summit will still be held in Huntsville on June 25-26.

If held at the convention centre, the summit would affect one of the city's busiest areas for business, tourism and entertainment. The convention centre lies at the edge of Toronto's financial district, and is also close to the Air Canada Centre and Union Station.

Mr. Vaughn said the city would prefer the summit to be located at Exhibition Stadium, which is slightly removed from the city's downtown core. But he says the federal government has refused to consult with his ward.

"The city has tried to convince Ottawa to move this event to Exhibition Place, but the federal government insists on staging it near Front Street, between Yonge and Spadina," Mr. Vaughn wrote in his letter.

Mr. Vaughn says the massive security preparations for the summit will disrupt his ward before and after the event.

"There will be fences, security checks and a significant number of street closures. The event may only last for two days, but preparations and clean-up will extend the period of disruption."

The Prime Minister's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source

OTTAWA - Stick to a carefully crafted script if you don't want it to die.

That's the advice from an expert Canadian-Korean panel that met last month in Ottawa to advise the Harper government on how to keep the G20 alive beyond its seminal summit in Toronto this summer.

Their 115-page report, obtained by The Canadian Press, says the new international club - tasked with solving the global economic meltdown - will lose public trust and face a dubious future if it makes promises it can't keep.

Far-reaching and difficult negotiations such as global trade liberalization and climate change should be avoided, the rarefied group advises.

Instead, the summit should follow elements of the G20's New Beginning framework from its Pittsburgh summit last fall that focused on promoting sustainable and balanced economic growth.

"It is critically urgent, at this moment in the G20's development, to build on the G20's initial successes and advance its credibility and effectiveness. This can be best achieved by focusing on a small number of pressing priorities," says the 115-page report prepared for the government, and obtained by The Canadian Press.

"The G20, after all, remains something of an experiment in collective leadership and enhanced co-ordination. It will be properly judged not by the promises it makes, but by the progress it delivers."

Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and its counterpart with Seoul National University gathered 25 economists, diplomats, ex-politicos and academics to help the Conservative government craft an attainable agenda for the June 26-27 meeting in Toronto - the first summit of the G20 as a permanent body.

The group was led by veteran mandarin Derek Burney and leading Korean economic heavyweight Yung Chul Park. Burney is a former Canadian ambassador to Washington and served as the head of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2006 government transition team

Canada contributed 15 members to the panel - including two ex-finance ministers, Liberal John Manley and Tory Michael Wilson - former Bank of Canada governor Gordon Thiessen, former Privy Council clerk Kevin Lynch and one-time Finance Department official Wendy Dobson, who now heads the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

The group held a day-long seminar in Ottawa last month and addressed the G20 meeting of sherpas, the top organizers from each of the group's 20 countries who were also holding a planning session in Ottawa.

Its key message was that although economic recovery shows positive signs in some countries, it remains "fragile, unevenly shared, and vulnerable to reversal." The report cited imbalances between surplus and deficit countries and the continuing soaring deficits in some.

"Recovery cannot be sustained unless these acute imbalances are corrected and fiscal discipline is exercised," the report states.

"Specifically, surplus countries (notably China, but also Germany and Japan) must be encouraged to accelerate domestic consumption and public spending; deficit countries (notably the United States but also the United Kingdom) must adopt prudent fiscal policies in the medium term, restrain consumer demand, and generate more exports."

This won't be easy, the group says, and resorting to "naming and shaming" won't work either.

That is an apparent reference to the tension between the U.S. and China that many feared would leave the summit in tatters.

Economic tensions between Beijing and Washington have eased recently, but the group urges the G20 to carefully address the imbalances between the Chinese and U.S. economies.

The report urges the G20 to pursue international financial regulation and reform. Its suggestions include pushing for a "sensible level" of capital reserve for banks, perhaps as high as eight per cent. It also calls for reform of the International Monetary Fund, including the need for merit-based appointments to top management posts.

But the group appears less enthusiastic about the G20 getting behind energy security and climate change financing.

The group pans last year's global climate change conference in Copenhagen as a "failure of process" and says the G20 should "integrate green-economy thinking more fully into energy security and economic discussions."

But it says the G20 should assume only a "supplementary" role to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

"Despite the commitments to energy security by the G20 leaders, it seems there has not yet been much progress in furthering the discussions," says the report, which cites as one reason "the lack of consensus within the G20 in addressing a wide range of energy security issues."

Though the group says the Doha Round of global trade negotiations needs to be completed, it doesn't think it would be a good idea for the G20 leaders to hitch their cart to that horse.

"In particular, G20 leaders should not affirm Doha deadlines they know will not be met. Unkept commitments only diminish confidence in open trade and weaken public trust in the G20 itself."

The United States would like Canada to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2011, the year Canada is scheduled to end its combat mission in the country, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told CBC's The Hour.

"It's up to Canada to decide how you deploy your forces," Clinton told host George Stroumboulopoulos in an interview that will be aired Tuesday evening.

"But I'm not going sit here and tell you we're happy about it because … that wouldn't be telling you the truth. We'd love to have Canada stay in this fight with us. But again, you know, you've got your own considerations and we respect that."

Clinton is in Ottawa attend a meeting of G8 foreign ministers to prepare for the G8 leaders summit in Toronto in June. She also attended a meeting of representatives from the five Arctic coastal states near Gatineau, Que., on Monday and will meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday morning.



To date, there has been no formal request from NATO for Canadian troops to stay in Afghanistan past 2011. Canada began its Afghan mission in 2002.

Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon reiterated in the House of Commons that the end date has not changed despite a Globe and Mail report saying the U.S. government would ask Canada to keep as many as 500 to 600 soldiers in Afghanistan. He again ruled out any form of military mission beyond 2011 late Monday evening.

However, he added the government is looking at non-military roles past that deadline, which was something Clinton mentioned to Stroumboulopoulos.

"We do need non-combat forces, for example, for training and logistical work," said Clinton. "The Canadians and the Americans get along so well."

In 2008, Parliament passed a motion to keep soldiers in Kandahar until 2011. Leaving military trainers in Kabul after the 2011 pullout date would still comply with the federal government's commitment to end Canada's role in the fighting.

In December 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama committed 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan but also pledged to begin withdrawing U.S. forces beginning in July 2011.

The additional U.S. troops will include about 5,000 trainers, underscoring Obama's emphasis on preparing Afghans to take over their own security.

Canada has at least 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan serving under NATO. Since 2002, 141 Canadian soldiers and two civilians have died during the mission.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/29/clinton-canada-afghanistan.html#ixzz0jf0V090L

Article by: Douglas Quan
Canwest News Service

They're big. They're bad-ass. And they could soon be barrelling down a street near you.

Numerous law-enforcement agencies across the country have recently acquired armoured vehicles for their tactical operations.

The Ottawa Police Service on Wednesday unveiled their BearCat — sort of like a Hummer on steroids. And RCMP in British Columbia announced this week that they had acquired two six-wheeled, all-terrain vehicles from the Canadian Forces.



Armoured vehicles are also in use in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and several other municipalities.

Police forces say these bulletproof vehicles — none of which are equipped with any artillery — provide an extra layer of protection for officers when responding to dangerous situations, such as gun calls or high-risk search warrants.

Authorities say they also help protect the public in situations such as in hostage-takings.

"It's certainly a comfort to be able to deal with the calls we go to using the protection of a vehicle like that," said Ottawa Police Const. Jim Hutchins.

The Ottawa service purchased its Lenco BearCat for $341,147. The vehicle's oversized tires allow it to go off-road and its height offers improved visibility, police said.

The vehicle will be used by the department's tactical team, which responds to about 50 incidents each year and is tasked with protecting Canadian government buildings, embassies and consulates. The team also responds to incidents at the Ottawa International Airport.

Unlike Ottawa's armoured vehicle, which was manufactured for police use, the B.C. RCMP's armoured vehicles — known as TAV IIs and which can travel up to 120 km/h — were originally designed for military use and have since been retrofitted.

The vehicles, which were acquired free of charge, are necessary because of Metro Vancouver's escalating gang violence, said RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen.

"Gang members are well-armed. Many times we have to be in a position to respond to that and ensure our safety as police officers," he said. "We know what these individuals are capable of doing."

Thiessen said an armoured vehicle was deployed earlier this week when officers went to execute a search warrant at a home in Surrey, B.C. The occupants in the home came out peacefully, he said.

Is it possible that the mere sight of the vehicle could make criminals think twice about engaging police?

"Visually, it is an aggressive looking piece of equipment," Thiessen said. "It does look intimidating."

Robert Gordon, director of Simon Fraser University's school of criminology and a former police officer, says armoured vehicles might make sense in the United States where there's a wider availability of guns, but he wonders whether they're necessary in Canada.

"What kind of urban warfare do police services think they're going to be encountering?" he said. "I think there is an element of this equipment being purchased because it's new toys for boys."

Gordon said, in his opinion, the line between civil police service and military service in the country is blurring.

"We're talking about the streets you and I occupy. We're not talking about Kandahar," he said. "What will they do next? Drive them into the fronts of people's houses?"

Staff Sgt. Kirk McCallum of the Calgary Police Service, which acquired a Canadian-made Armet Balkan MK7 for $250,000 in 2008, said Gordon's remarks are short-sighted.

He said his agency's armoured vehicle is used on a weekly basis.

It is not uncommon for officers to drive the vehicle, which is equipped with lights and sirens, right onto someone's lawn, he said.

"We have to go into those dangerous situations. This let's us safely do that," he said.

McCallum cited the remarks of Alberta provincial court Judge Peter Ayotte, who led an inquiry into the 2004 shooting death of RCMP Cpl. James Galloway by a mentally-ill man west of Edmonton. In his recommendations, Ayotte wrote that having access to an armoured vehicle "almost surely" would have prevented Galloway's death.

"What value do you put on the cost of a life?" McCallum said.

After scientist's in Ontario have come up with such great idea's like spider goats, and scientist's in Korea have created such marvels as glow in the dark cats and dogs. What is the next logical step?

Enviropigs! Scientist's in Ontario are on the verge of having pig/mouse hybrids being approved into the Canadian food supply. The reasoning behind this is to decrease the amount of phosphorus produced in the pigs' excrement.

People are so scared of harming our environment, but these scientist are allowed to just screw with the genetic fabric of the whole ecosystem of our planet.
Makes a tone of sense doesn't it?

Read more about this here.

Come each April 1, John Gorman shakes his head and throws away the brown envelope marked Revenue Canada. He has only filed his federal taxes twice since 1980.

“I’m anything but part of the system,” he said. “We were trained to pay taxes. The taxman is illegal.”

The former Newmarket lawyer broke away from the conventional tax sentiment. He put his dislike of the government taking from his pocket and posted them for all Canadians to read.

“Everyone is sucked in,” he said. “About 99 per cent have no idea about what’s going on.”

Mr. Gorman created the Marvel-like CAPtain Canada, decorated in red and white superhero getup and cape.

He uses historical data and legal logic to fight the evil powers of the taxman. After the First World War, the federal government asked to use the provincial right to impose a direct tax on citizens because the war debt was so huge. The government promised to stop income taxes after the debt was paid, Mr. Gorman said.

“Collecting income tax by the federal government is not legislated,” he said. “Everyone’s paying a voluntary tax.”

His website is a collection of anti-tax articles and financial predictions, some of which have already taken place.

In 1983, when he was canvassing on behalf of farmers, he wrote his future predictions for the world market. He said there would be a war with many parties in the Middle East.

After a few years, a depression would hit North America that would be worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s. But his prediction was off by two years.

The war in the Middle East would start in 2000, he said.

“But it’s happening. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said.

“And just look at the housing market in the States. They’re walking us into a depression.”

By “they” he means the government and the banks through the collection of taxes and interest rates.

Mr. Gorman suggests selling your home, if you owe more than 75 per cent in mortgage, stock up on food and water and start to buy small denominations of gold and silver.

The deepest part of the depression, he predicts, will hit before 2010. But, more importantly, stay close to friends and family.

“I want to be here to help my kids and grandkids through the Depression,” he said.

Source: yorkregion.com

OTTAWA — Transportation Minister John Baird was unapologetic Sunday about the invasive search of an 85-year-old woman conducted by security personnel at the Ottawa Airport.


Baird was asked by media Sunday about the treatment of the four-foot-10, 90-pound woman who was travelling from Ottawa to Toronto on Dec. 28. The woman was asked to remove her boots and then unzip her pants. A female inspection officer then poked at her abdomen.


The woman’s niece, Cynthia Sutcliffe, said that the former federal public servant is now “terrified” of airport security and that the search was “extreme.”


But Baird argued that even people who seem non-threatening cannot be disregarded by security.


“The reality is, as we’ve seen in Iraq, the al-Qaida network has put explosive devices on developmentally disabled adults and then sent them into marketplaces where their bombs were detonated,” Baird said on the Sunday TV show Question Period. “Obviously we have to deal with every concern. I think we should use common sense.”


But Sutcliffe said her aunt’s search doesn’t pass that “common sense” test.


“I still stand by my disappointment in how they treated my aunt, but I understand Baird’s position at the same time,” said Sutcliffe.


Sutcliffe’s aunt was taken from an Air Canada security line during a random search.


“She has osteoporosis and her stomach protrudes a little bit,” Sutcliffe said. “But that is no reason for this kind of search.”


Sutcliffe said her aunt is frightened she will be searched again.


Next time her aunt flies, Sutcliffe said she will get a pass that will allow her to take her aunt to the boarding area, an option she was previously unaware of.


As part of new airport security measures, Baird explained that 44 full-body scanners, at a cost of $11 million, will soon be arriving in major airports across Canada. Twelve scanners are arriving this week while the rest will come in five to 10 weeks.


At Canadian airports, adults will have the option of either going through a full-body scanner or being subject to a pat-down. Youth under 18 will not have to go through a scanner and will be patted down instead, said Baird.


Sutcliffe is skeptical of full-body scans because some elderly people who go through the scanners will be wearing incontinence briefs.


“I want them to catch the bad guys, don’t kid yourself. But if it’s your grandmother or grandfather who is going to be wearing those undergarments for personal incontinence and things, and then they start saying, ‘Well the guy that blew up the plane had the stuff in his underwear,’ where do we stop?”

Full story HERE

Diane Francis, of the Financial Post writes:
A planetary law, such as China's one-child policy, is the only way to reverse the disastrous global birthrate currently, which is one million births every four days.
Full article HERE

This is pure eugenics jiberish. She is praising The police state of China just like Rockafeller did in 1976. We as Canadians need to let her know what we think of having a communist China like, one child policy here Canada! I have already emailed her to let her know my thoughts on it. Please do the same :)

here is her email dfrancis@nationalpost.com